Hannah White Racing: Recent Episodes
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Bernie Eccleston turned F1 around, and with every bit of luck Larry Ellison will do the same for sailing – he certainly has my seal of approval and as Grant Dalton said, ‘Nice one, Larry – keep spending!’
Wednesday 25th June 14:20 Hrs Pos 5042.26N 0001.43E Crew: Ben Rogerson Charlotte Lawrence Duncan Truswell Ben Gladwell Martin Kirketeep Ben Watts Hannah White Nigel King Josh Wilson Chris Tibbs John Shepherd At 2pm on Monday only 2 hours after stepping foot on the boat for the first time, Fair Do’s the Ker 46 sailed across the start line. Aboard was owner John Shepherd and 10 crew - myself included. The [...]
Well life has been as frantic as it gets over the last few weeks and has really reminded me of getting ready for a big race. However I haven’t been getting ready for a big race, we just had Cowes Week!! This year at Cowes Week was always going to be a busy year, [...]
Friday 18th June, 2010 Southampton Airport seems an appropriate place to write this blog. As most of the country finish work and prepare to go to the pub and watch the football, I am sitting here, about to jump on a plane bound for Dublin. The last few weeks have been manic, but finally Friday [...]
This weekend I flew to a rather wet Dublin for a weekend of short-handed offshore training with Barry Hurley on his JOD 35, Dinah. In just under 3 weeks Barry and I will set sail from Wicklow, Ireland on the 700 mile race round Ireland. Barry and I have known each other for many years [...]
As part of a new initiative, Hannah is entering the world of podcasting. 365 days ago Hannah was 500 miles into a solo transatlantic race and in this first podcast she talks about her experiences in this legendary race, the OSTAR 2009. Click here to listen.
After 8 hours of flying you expect to get off a plane and arrive in some sort of sunshine, otherwise you might as well have stayed at home! On this occasion this is not the case, I have flown all the way to Washington and yes – it is raining. Annapolis, is this week the [...]
On Saturday night Hannah was invited to attend the annual Petit Bateau Prize Giving at the Island Sailing Club in Cowes. Some of the 400 members of Petit Bateau had braved the October weather for the final race in the Solent Series held across the summer. At the end of the prize giving after at least [...]
After the excitement of the Maxi worlds in Sardinia I had a few days back at home to regroup, attend ladies’ day at the Southampton Boat Show, before repacking and heading out to Newport Rhode Island. Just over 3 months ago, I sailed into Newport, having made the 3,500 mile solo journey from Plymouth, UK. It [...]
The mistral has continued and once again sorted the men from the boys. 25-30 knot consecutive days have seen masts break, crewmembers go over the side and collisions happen. Racing through the archipelago that scatters the north east coast of Sardinia and then through the straights south of Corsica can cause havoc for these vessels [...]